KENTUCKY — By Ed DeRosa Happy New Year to you and happy birthday to all Thoroughbreds. 2024 gives us an extra day to win big with Thursday, Feb. 29, added to the calendar. Of course, opportunities abound coast to coast throughout the year with newly turned three-year-olds...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Parlay Power Fan of the parlay? Fan of horse betting? Allow me to introduce you to emerging rookie rider Sofia Vives and the Pick 3. On a sunny Saturday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack, the first three races of the day’s 10-race card went to Sofia...

TORONTO – By Matthew Lomon 3,837,000 Little Things How many reasons are there to be excited about Mohawk’s 12-race card this Saturday night? $3.837 million, to be exact. That’s right, the total purse is nearly $4 million thanks to five coveted finals, including Standardbred...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Don’t Call it a Comeback 13 months between races? No problem. If Alrajah One IT could talk, that’s probably what he would have said heading into this past weekend’s Canadian Pacing Derby Final at Mohawk. The 7-year-old stallion made his 2023 season...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Patience is a Virtue Small-town tracks can deliver big-time excitement, too. For example, Poof’s electric performance this past Saturday’s Balanced Image Trot at Hanover Raceway. The 2-year-old came into the race as an afterthought (11-1), and the...

TORONTO — Sports betting sites across Canada could offer legal sports betting on horse racing before next year’s Kentucky Derby, according to one industry executive. Woodbine Entertainment Group CEO Jim Lawson told Covers on Monday that the not-for-profit-like horse-racing...

MILTON — Kiss My Cheek turned over a new leaf for the start of the new month, winning her first race at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Tuesday (Aug. 1) evening and banking the winner’s share of the $17,000 purse. Shawn Steacy trains the two-year-old McWicked-Twin B Cheeks pacer...